Posted on 04/01/2017 7:34:34 AM PDT by marktwain
On the north side of the road the British encountered 80-year-old Samuel Whittemore. A onetime captain in the Royal Dragoons, Whittemore had a musket, two pistols and a saber. He was crouched behind a stone wall behind Cooper’s Tavern at the junction of the road to Medford when flankers from the 47th Regiment came upon him. Whittemore killed one with his musket and emptied both pistols at the rest, killing or wounding at least one more soldier before being shot in the face. Militiamen around him fled as enraged British soldiers bayoneted Whittemore 13 times. Incredibly, he survived to live another 18 years.
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-menotomy-first-blood-1775.htm
Thank you! Even more impressive for one so old.....
Aprils Fool - unless we have moved to a 25 hour day.
The author would not want to be accused of “Fake News”!
“William Diamond’s Drum”
A book about your post and link
is one of my favorites!
[[The executive order claimed that as president he had authority as Commander in Chief to activate the militia, ]]
Hawaiian judge issues order to suspend the executive order claiming that the EO hurts business in Hawaii
Oh, crap. I didn’t read far enough into the article before I slaughtered a dozen of my neighbors. The county sheriff is gonna be sooo ticked off at me...
President Trump’s order was immediately decried as unconstitutional by Maximum Waters, spokesperson for the Democrat Party
Ms. Waters is the JOKE, don’t you know?
Thank you marktwain,
I got a few of the details wrong, your corrections make the tale even better.
Jack
I’m almost 71. If I can hunt and drag a deer a mile out of the woods, I wouldn’t consider myself to infirm to be in the militia.
Awwww man, had me super excited there for a min.
Your Governor has that power. Not the Prz, yes?
I saw that all the airlines are offering free one-way flights to any illegals that want to self deport.
He actually killed more than one attacking British soldier, and probably wounded a number more on the first day of fighting in the American revolution.
Read his story Here
With all the Fake News we get during the week. It is like every day is April Fools day
You know...all the low life dingbats in the liberal media will take this and run with it.
That is how GD dumb they are.
> With all the Fake News we get during the week. It is like every day is April Fools day. <
True that.
You can be in the militia if you are older but you are not required to be.
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